Hi folks: While I'm often reminded that network operators don't have time to read papers, much less write them, I thought I'd take a small risk and let you know about a new workshop. ACM SIGCOMM is kicking off a workshop on networking in Latin America -- it is a research workshop with a focus on the unique networking problems of Latin America (a far cry from the fiber rich networking diet we have here in the States). CFP is http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm-la (in Spanish with pointer to English version). Also, speaking of papers -- if you haven't yet read Craig Labovitz's paper on BGP taking N-factorial messages to deal with a topology change, you'd probably find it of interest. It was given at SIGCOMM 2000 last week. URL is: http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigcomm/sigcomm2000/conf/paper/sigcomm2000-5-2.pdf Thanks! Craig E-mail: craig@aland.bbn.com or craig@bbn.com